Category: Personal development

  • Ten Listening Tips – #2

    In the second of the Ten Tips to Listening for the 2017 International Day of Listening, Jean Francois Mathieu presents on his original Composer’s Approach to prepare to listen to people.

  • Ten Listening Tips – #1

    The first of ten listening tips is to value listening, consciously choose to listen more and listen better. Sheila Bentley talks about just how to do that.

  • Ecouter c’est prendre des risques !

    Je dirais même plus: de très grands risques! Je ne parle pas des risques engendrés par le fait d’avoir les écouteurs sur les oreilles toute la journée, ni d’écouter aux portes, ni de mettre quelqu’un sur écoute. Je parle de décider de mettre toute votre attention pour écouter quelqu’un. Cela va vous amener à changer au…

  • Staying focused while facing obstacles

    It’s so easy to get distracted.  And when you’re not looking at what you want to achieve, when your attention is drawn to things that do not contribute to your goal, then you slow down and you might even stop altogether. In my years of coaching in organizations I have noticed that people spend a…

  • “International Day of Listening”

    Hello Listeners of the World, Hey! Have you heard? The whole world will be listening Thursday September 15 on this first “International Day of Listening” being created and sponsored by the ILA-International Listening Association. The world definitely could use more listening right now – and you too can be part of this!   We are…

  • What is Personal Development?

      What does the term “personal development” mean for you? Some people associate it with study and learning, for others it’s about acquiring new practical skills and for others still it evokes a quest for fulfillment or a spiritual journey. It is perhaps all of these, and more. Whatever the perspective, each reveals a common…